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[Alexandr Korol]

know what they were called. I could only divide them primitively, crudely, into two categories: the spiritual and the material. Fifteen years ago, that was all I could perceive – that there was something magical, spiritual, full of miracles and paradoxes, and then there was something material and primitive. That was all I knew. Over time, I realized that there was also false spirituality, as well as dark, egoistic, and evil materiality – whereas before, I had only known the kind, material world, and it turned out that it also had a criminal side. And it turns out that the spirituality I used to call spirituality is actually the God, the Spirit of Death – that which feels like the night, something languid, nameless, what I used to call the “corridor,” “mindless,” “nameless,” twilight – this is like the night. Morning, then, is the sky – it’s also this kind of kind, spiritual music, but it’s not melancholic, not like sitting alone in a hoodie on a rooftop looking at the world from a distance. It’s more of a warm, kind feeling, like “Angus & Julia Stone” or some soundtrack, like from the movie “We Bought a Zoo” or the soundtrack from “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” or “Hector and the Search for Happiness” – something magical, fairytale-like, but soulful and creative. Pure magic. “Big Fish” also fits, although it overlaps – it seems to be both this and that. Something kind like that. Maybe “Forrest Gump.” Or maybe not. But why not? Maybe. Maybe “Forrest Gump.” Although “Forrest Gump” also belongs to the material world, but you see, many different worlds are embedded in them little by little. And so it turns out that there is also this morning – this is the world of the sky, this kind of kind music. Well, you see, I associate it with music. So in the world of night, which is death, which is winter – that would be UNKLE, Massive Attack, Thom Yorke. In the world of the sky, it’s something kinder, that would be Angus & Julia Stone and maybe also YOAV and The XX. And you see, these worlds are close to each other, transitioning from one into another. Then we have the material world. The material world is Earth. So, right now, we had the afterlife, then the sky, which is morning, which is spring. Now Earth – it’s the day, it’s summer. Day is the world of Earth, meaning simply a material world, just a kind, good material world. This is probably exactly “Forrest Gump,” probably also “It Takes Two” with the Olsen twins – when you’re just an honest material person: you have a dog, a family, all sorts of everyday matters, but everything is honest, kind, disciplined, punctual – everything is present. You could say movies about athletes would fit into this world –